INVESTIGATION OF LIGHT POLLUTION IMPACTS ON SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTION OF FLICKER IN TAIWAN (PO96, 1140-1150)

This research is based on objective characteristics of our country to investigate and analyse the public light pollution. It would affect the degree of awareness and discomfort of public feeling. Reviews of the relevant light pollution regulations and anal yses of the current petition cases, this research focuses on two major light pollution sources to investigate the subjective perception of glare and flicker for LED multimedia. The main tasks include: (1) perform subjective evaluation of glare and flicker at night condition to build up the borderline between comfort and discomfort (BCD) of human perception for LED billboard in outdoor environment; (2) conduct field experiment and field survey to propose the standard operation procedure; (3) propose predictive improvement and management programs for LED multimedia according to the international regulations and domestic situation. A total of 24 participants took part in this field experiment in the atrium of the Management School of Tunghai University, Taichun g, Taiwan, and the total amount of subjective questionnaires were 1,561 trials.